The Fine Art of Fair Isle KnittingHello, I'm Hazel Tindall, from Shetland, and I am delighted to welcome you to my website where I present a selection of my unique Shetland and Fair Isle knitting patterns, available for immediate download.

I was privileged to grow up in Shetland where I was surrounded by knitters who needed to knit quickly and to a high standard in order to gain an income. I have been knitting for longer than I've been reading and writing, and have no memory of learning to knit.

It's nearly 60 years since I knitted my first cardigan for myself, and well over 50 since I knitted my first Fair Isle cardigan. Since then I've knitted hundreds, if not thousands, of pieces of knitting. I love knitting Fair Isle - so many colours and patterns to choose I will never run out of ideas.

Through this website, hazeltindall.com, I hope to encourage and help knitters from all over the world by offering a selection of unique, easy to follow patterns. I hope you enjoy what you find.

I have been filmed, by Dave Donaldson and JJ Jamieson, as I knitted a Fair Isle cardigan, which I named "Shetland Star" - this film is The Fine Art of Fair Isle Knitting. It takes many hours to knit a Fair Isle cardigan so they have done well to condense it to just under 3 hours without losing any of the steps taken to knit it. I am delighted with the quality of the finished film. For me the icing on the cake is the addition of my favourite knitting poem, "Da Allover" narrated by its author, the late Stella Sutherland.

50 tips from Shetland KnittersIn 2017 a second film, with Elizabeth Johnston, called "50 tips from Shetland Knitters" was released. This is over 3 hours of information for knitters of all levels. We thought of all the things we usually get asked during workshops and added lots of other tips and techniques which knitters find useful.

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All that remains of this jumper I knitted and wore in the late 1970s is a tiny fragment cut out of it. It most likely got worn and mended until I could mend no more and the bulk of it probably ended up in the dog's bed. I found the piece when searching for something else otherwise I probably would h...

Camshious is the name I gave this jumper. This week I watched Fruity Knitting's Episode 63 and noticed they included a little clip of me wearing this jumper, from my interview with Andrea in an earlier episode. The jumper always catches the eye, not least because of the 'squint' neck, so I thought a...